Equity
Professional Development: Infusion of Equity-Mindedness into Online Pedagogy

Equity Plan Re-Imagined: Develop rich and ongoing professional development opportunities that focus on deepening equity-mindedness for all employees, including deeper training to infuse equity-mindedness into online pedagogy


Lead: Michelle Hernandez & Sal Breiter

Plan Timeline

Winter 2024

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources, The Student Learning Outcome Committee, The Academic Senate and The Office of Professional Development will begin a collaborative process of identifying meaningful content for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and will begin to design and plan both required and optional trainings and workshops for the 2024-2024 academic year.
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Spring 2024

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources, The Student Learning Outcome Committee, The Academic Senate and The Office of Professional Development will continue a collaborative process of identifying meaningful content for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and will begin to design and plan both required and optional trainings and workshops for the 2024-2024 academic year. The Academic Senate and the Faculty Union, in collaboration with the Office of Online Education, will work to build the expectations and requirements for RSI training for faculty teaching online. The Office of Online Education and and The Office of Professional Development will work to build curriculum and training for new full-time faculty as part of their first year P.L.A.N.T. experience.
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Fall 2024

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will introduce/pilot workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2024-2025 academic year will serve as a incubator for continuing to innovate and cultivate capacity for dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In Fall 2024, the Office of Online Education implemented Part 1 of the RSI training process, with both in-person and asynchronous formats.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a Fall 24 "Strategies of Engagement" workshop, particularly focused on online teaching, taught by the Office of Online Education and the Office of Professional Development.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a full-year series of workshops called the Partners in Learning Equity Series that couples sharing of disaggregated data and teaching/learning strategies with student voices and qualitative data collection (to be shared at a departmental level in 2025/26). In Fall 2024, workshop sessions focused on Latinx and Native students will be held.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions. In Fall 2024, the process for sharing out NCORE 24 will be designed and introduced, a repository for materials from NCORE 24 will be established, and the funding for NCORE 25 will be established.
  • 6. In Fall 2024, the Equity Office will complete the hiring process of hiring a Faculty Coordinator for Equity with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication are developing and building a custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation. The beta version of the website will launch late Fall 2024.
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Winter 2025

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Student Learning Outcomes Committee, will introduce/pilot workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2024-2025 academic year will serve as a incubator for continuing to innovate and cultivate capacity for dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. In addition, The Office of Online Education, in collaboration with Academic Senate and the faculty union, will be establishing required trainings for faculty teaching online in RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) to ensure the quality of online education at De Anza College.
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Spring 2025

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development,in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Student Learning Outcomes Committee, will introduce/pilot workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2024-2025 academic year will serve as a incubator for continuing to innovate and cultivate capacity for dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. In addition, The Office of Online Education, in collaboration with Academic Senate and the faculty union, will be establishing required trainings for faculty teaching online in RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) to ensure the quality of online education at De Anza College.
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Fall 2025

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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Winter 2026

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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Spring 2026

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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Fall 2026

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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Winter 2027

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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Spring 2027

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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Fall 2027

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, will host innovative workshops and workshop series for that develop faculty capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and that offer dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities for faculty to make their online environments more dynamic and equitable. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various faculty constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The Office of Online Education will hold regular required trainings in RSI for faculty teaching online to ensure that De Anza's online courses are engaging and equitable.
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